What to do with clothes we no longer use

Clothes we no longer use, sometimes still in excellent condition, are a huge source of waste. We often forget about them, abandon them in some drawer, without ever even touching them, except to take a look. wardrobe change, It's irrelevant because the clothes we don't use simply change their storage location. But they're still a waste. Yet it really takes very little to avoid the scandalous waste of clothing and among other things recovering used clothes is a truly sustainable gesture. In fact, Reusing just 50 kilos of clothing (it seems like a lot, but it's not...) allows us to avoid 180 kilos of carbon dioxide emissions and save 300 thousand liters of water.

 

When we have a dress in our hands that we no longer use, we can easily choose between different options to avoid wasting it: donate it (certainly the best solution), sell it online or in a flea market, exchange it at a swap party, recycle it. Anything but wasteful.

Associations for donating used clothes

• Italian Red Cross. It has fixed collection points in various areas, such as large cities. Then there are extraordinary collections, scheduled throughout the year or in times of emergency, such as the war in Ukraine.
• Community of Sant'Egidio. The Community of Sant'Egidio is also on the front lines assisting the poor. It does so along two lines: providing on-site assistance (for example, at train stations where many homeless people sleep) or welcoming the poor into the Community's designated homes. In both cases, clothing and garments of all kinds are needed, and lots of them.
• Caritas. All clothing and items donated to Caritas are sanitized, cleaned, and sorted before being distributed to families in need through the parish network or directly through the Caritas Centers.
• Humana People to people. There are 1.200 municipalities in Italy that have signed agreements with this humanitarian organization, which operates in several countries around the world. Donors are given cardboard boxes to hold clothing, accessories, and household items. Then everything is taken to sorting centers, where the items are divided into two categories. Some are donated directly to families in need, while the other portion is sold, with the proceeds going to humanitarian projects.
• Parishes. Check with your local parish: they'll probably hold regular collections of used clothing to donate to families and individuals in need.

Where to sell used clothes online

If you really need to clear out your wardrobe due to lack of space, The web is full of sites where you can sell used items: in addition to the famous eBay There is another app that is increasingly popular among fashion bloggers. We are talking about Depop, Thanks to this app, you can upload photos of the items you want to sell, edit them with the relevant filters, and wait for someone interested to contact you privately. But it's not the only app for buying and selling used items: the most popular ones currently are Shpock, which is recommended for those looking for something vintage, Vinted, Wallapop and Etsy loved especially by very young girls.

The social platform too Facebook It is an ideal "place" where you can sell or trade your items by joining groups created specifically for this reason, such as Empty the closet.

In this video There are websites and apps dedicated specifically to selling used clothes.

Markets to sell used clothes